Waste-basket.



W. W. WORCESTER.

WASTE BASKET.

APPLICATION FILED 110128 1908.

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WASTE BASKET.

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' WILLIAIVI W. WORCESTER, OF CANTON, OHIO.

WASTE-BASKET.

Application filed November 28, 1908.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, lViLL'rAM W. lVoucns- 'IER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Canton, in the county of Stark and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in aste- Baskets, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to in'iprovenients in waste baskets and more particularly to that class of baskets formed principally of wire.

The object of my invention is to produce a simple, strong and inexpensive basket of good appearance and so constructed that there will be no rough places to scratch a polished floor.

In its preferable en'ibodiment my invention consists of a series of sheet metal stays to which is secured a curved wire at the top and a curved wire at the bottom and around and to which is also secured a continuous wire spirally wound which, with the stays, forms the main part of the basket. The curved wires at the top and the curved wires at the bottom are formed with depressed portions around which the ends of the stays are bent.

With this general statement, my invention may be said to consist in a device which is shown in its preferable embodiment in the accompanying drawings and as will be more clearly hereinafter described and then claimed.

In the drawings accompanying and forming a part hereof: Figure 1 is a side elevation of a basket constructed in accordance with my invention. F 2 is a vertical central section of the same. Figs. 3 and a are details. Figs. 5 and 6 are details of a modi fication.

Referring now to the details of the drawings by numerals: 1 designates a series of stays which are vertically disposed and slightly curved. and which form the main stays 0r ribs of the basket. These stays are formed in the novel manner disclosed in my application No. 370,311 filed April 26, 1907. As disclosed in said application these stays or ribs comprise a substantially U-shaped piece of metal having recesses 2 in its side flanges, through which recesses are passed wires 4-, and over said wires are passed strips or ribbons 6, the parts 8 of the side flanges of the U-shaped bar between the recesses 2 being bent over the flat strips or ribbons 6, thereby clenching the wires 4 be- Specification of Letters Patent.

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tween the flat strips or ribbons G and the side flanges oi. the U-shaped bar.

shown in my dra\\'ings the stays or ribs run the :full height of the basket and a stout wire 10 is connected to the top of all the stays and a similar wire 12 is connected to the bottom of the stays. These wires 10 and 12 are of novel form since each of them is bent to provide off-sets l-LL for each stay and the ends 15 and 1(5 of each U-shapcd stay 1 are bent around their appropriate oll sets 1st of the stout wires 10 and 12 as clearly illustrated in the drawings. This construction makes a very smooth finish and one that has no rough edges to scratch a polished floor since it will be seen that as the wire is round it can not scratch or mar the floor and as the ends of stays are wrapped around the oil-set portions of the wire, the ends of the stays do not even come in. contact with the floor. The object of walking the upper outer stout wire 10 in the same way is to prevent the hand from being scratched when one picks up the basket and also prevent the floor from being scratched should the basket be overturned.

As before stated each of the stays or ribs 1 is U-shaped in cross sections and the wire l forming the basket is preferably made of one piece of wire and is passed spirally around the stays, the continuous wire fitting in the recesses 2 of the U-shaped stays or bars and after the wire is in position the flat strips or ribbons 6 are placed over the wires and then the portions 8 of the side flanges between the wires are bent over the flat strips or ribbons (5 and the wires are thereby clenched between said flat strips or ribbons and the side flanges of the U- shaped bar. In order to make a better finish the end 20 of each ribbon at the top and the end 21 of each ribbon at the bottom coil of wire wrapped around the wire and doubled under itself as indicated at Fig. 2. In order to further improve the finish and also to make the stays sanitary and prevent vermin lodging in the stays, I prefer to insert some substance as wax or putty in the stay before wrappingthe wire so that when the wire is placed in position and the side flanges bent over the ribbon, the openings will be completely closed, prcventingyermin from lodging in the stays and they are therefore made perfectly sanitary besides being given a very handsome appearance.

Any kind of a bottom may be secured to i floor.

the basket already described, but I much prefer a sheet metal bottom separately formed and secured either to the stays or to one of the convolutions ot the wire by means of supporting wires 24.

In Figs. 5 and 6 l have shown a modified form in which, insteado'f using a bottom wire 12 with ofi sets 14, I prefer to employ a sheet metal cylindrical bottom. The sheet metal is bent around wires 26 and 28, and the sheet metal is cut away at the proper points so that the ends 30 of the lJ-shaped stays may be bent around the upper wire 26 in exactly the same way that it is bent around the offsets 14- of the wire 12 in Fig. 1. If preferred this cylindrical sheet metal bottom-may hax e holes punched in it for the purpose of ornamentation. If preferred the recesses in the U-shaped ribs may be formed closer together near the bottom than near the top so that the wires will also be closer together near the bottom than near the top (see Fig. 5), thus preventing small scraps 01"" paper from passing through the wires.

From the foregoing and accompanying drawings it will be seen that I have invented a basket which will be exceedingly handsome in appearance and very light in weight and yet so made as to have great strength and so formed as to not scratch or mar the It will also be seen that the basket may be made, with the exception of the top and bottcm, of one piece of wire and as a matter of fact the top and bottom may also be made of the same piece of wire as the main part of the basket except that I prefer to make the top and bottom coils separate in order that 1 may make them of heavier wire. It will also be observed that since the vertical stays are closer together at the bottom than at the top, there will be less chance for small scraps of paper to pass between the stays.

lVhile I have shown and described a waste basket, it will be obvious that other holding devices may be formed in the same way, and I do not limit my invention to waste baskets, but refer to the appended claims where the scope of my invention is properly defined.

What I claim as my invention is:

1. In a receptacle, the combination with a stay having recesses therein, of wire located in said recesses, a strip located over said wire, and the parts between said recesses being bent over said strip, and a wire secured to the end of said stay by having the said stay bent around said wire, substantially as described.

2. In a receptacle, the combination with. a stay having recesses therein, of wire located in said recesses, a strip located over said wire, and the parts between said recesses being bent over said strip, and a wire having an off-set therein, the end of the said stay being secured to said offset, substantially as described.

3. In a receptacle, the combination with a U-shaped stay having recesses in its side flanges, wire located in said recesses, a strip located over said Wire and the parts between said recesses being bent over said strip and clenching the wire between said strip and the side flanges of the U'shaped stay, and a wire secured to the end of said stay by having the said strip bent around said wire, substantially as described.

4. In a receptacle, the combination with a U-shaped stay having recesses in its side flanges, wire located in said recesses, a strip located over said wire and the parts between said recesses being bent over said strip and clenching the wire between said strip and the side flanges of the U-shaped stay, and a wire having an oii-set therein, the end of the said stay being secured to said oil-set, substantially as described.

5. In a receptacle, the combination with a plurality of stays having recesses therein, wire located in said recesses, a strip located in each stay over said wire and the parts between said recesses being bent over the said strips, a wire at the top of the receptacle and a wire at the bottom, the ends of said stays being connected with the said wires at the top and bottom of the receptacle by being bent around the same, substantially as described.

6. In a receptacle, the combination of a plurality of stays having recesses therein, wire located in said recesses, a strip located in each stay over said wire and the parts between the recesses being bent over the said strips, a wire at the top of the receptacle having an off-set, and a wire at the bottom of the receptacle having an off-set, the end of said stays being secured at said off-sets, substantially as described.

7. The combination of a basket formed of a plurality of stays having recesses therein, a single wire wrapped spirally around the said stays and located in said recesses, means for securing said wires in said stays, a wire at the bottom of said basket having off-sets therein, and the bottom ends of said stays being connected to said off-sets, substantially as described.

8. The combination of a basket formed of a plurality of stays having recesses therein, a single wire wrapped spirally around the said stays and located in said recesses, means for securing said wires in said stays, a wire at the top and bottom of said basket, each having off-sets therein, and the tops and bottoms of said stays, being connected to said off-sets, substantially as described.

9. lhe combination of a basket formed of a plurality of vertical stays, wire secured to said stays substantially at right angles to said vertical stays, and a bottom ring having off-sets therein, the ends of said stays being secured to said oil-sets, substantially as described.

10. The combination of a basket formed of a plurality of stays, wire secured to said stays, and a top and bottom ring each having oil-sets therein and the ends of said stays being secured to said offsets, substantially as described.

11. In a receptacle, the combination with a plurality of stays having recesses therein, a single wire wrapped spirally around said stays and located in their recesses, a strip located in each stay over the windings of said wire, and the parts between the recesses being bent over said strips and clenching the coils of Wire between said strips and the sides of the stays, a bottom ring having oilsets therein and the bottom ends of said stays being secured to said off-sets, substantially as described.

12. In a receptacle, the combination with a plurality of stays having recesses therein, a single wire wrapped spirally around said stays and located in their recesses, a strip located in each stay over the windings of said wire, and the parts between the recesses being bent over said strips and clenching the coils of wire between said strips and the sides of the stays, a top and bottom ring each having off-sets therein, and the ends of said stays being secured to said olf-sets, substantially as described.

13. In a receptacle, the combination of a plurality of vertical stays having recesses therein, wire located in said recesses, and a cylindrical sheet metal lower member for1ning the lower part of the receptacle having a wire secured therein, and the ends of said vertical stays being bent around said wire, substantially as described.

14. In a receptacle, the combination in a stay formed substantially U-shape in cross section, wire secured in recesses in said stay, a ribbon over said wire, and the parts of the metal between said recesses being bent over said ribbon, and a filling in said U-shaped stay under said wire thus making the stay vermin proof, substantially as described.

Signed by me at Canton, Ohio, this 21th day of November 1908.

WILLIAM W. WORCESTER.

Witnesses:

HELEN RALEY, CHARLES M. STELLING.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. 0. 

